PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2020

They want convenient booking tools, fast payment methods and secure reservations when planning their trips, and these needs have not changed much as millennials have come of age. Millennials and younger generations are digitally minded and want to interact with brands that can answer their personal requests through online and mobile channels.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

There is a decent chance that the 2018 holiday season will be remembered as a time when it became much more clear that survival in the cutthroat pursuit of commerce depends on the stories one can tell about a product or brand. But that’s not all. That was a theme of a PYMNTS interview conducted Thursday (Dec. Stuff vs. Experience.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

In the payments ecosystem, we need look no further than the bridge millennial for how the connected purchasing experience will evolve over the next decade. Bridge millennials own slightly more devices than the average consumer in our study: six devices compared to the roughly five that most consumers own. This group of 60 million U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

A luxury product paired with direct-to-consumer sales – which brings the luxury item’s price down into more solidly middle-class territory – is a model that has worked for all kinds of brands, across a variety of verticals. The new offerings keep the same cool, crisp and simple aesthetic for which the brand is already known.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Merchants from grocers to quick-service restaurants (QSRs) and gas stations rolled out new ways for consumers to transact from mobile ordering to scan-and-go checkout in 2018. But, brand name aside, Dunkin’, like Starbucks, guided customers toward mobile order-ahead technology this year.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

We have brand-new data that reveals how much change is happening. People of all stripes — from millennials to baby boomers, from Generation X to the Greatest Generation — are increasingly swapping the friction of shopping in a store for the convenience of using one of the many connected devices they now own to shop and buy from instead.

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Millennials Study Payments Data 212

PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2019

Direct-to-consumer wedding brands are opening stores in real life — and personalizing the customer experience within them through digital technology. At the same time, the brand seeks to create personalization through every one of its touchpoints. Its own brands, too, reached a sales penetration of over 25 percent during the quarter.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

million – up 19 percent from the fourth quarter of 2018. Total fuel transactions increased 12 percent from the fourth quarter of 2018 to 156 million, while payment processing transactions increased 9 percent to 126.7 billion for the fourth quarter of 2018. million for the fourth quarter of 2018. billion from $8.2

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2018

is expanding the Sapphire credit card brand into new areas of personal finance, including checking accounts. According to the report, the Sapphire Reserve card is popular among millennials because of the generous rewards points, which cater to their desire to travel. JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2019

58 percent of sales growth from 2018 occurred online. Millennials’ buying habits have increased both Black Friday and online sales, and they continue to shape branding and in-person consumer engagement trends. Johnson cited stronger personal finances, high employment and robust income as drivers of the sales records.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

This is a popular strategy — DoorDash handled a full 35 percent of all meal deliveries in the United States in 2018, and Grubhub closely trailed on its heels, claiming 30 percent of orders. based QSRs draw millennials consumers, with half of this age group reporting that they place more deliveries now than they did two years ago.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

21) that it is launching a new destination for electronics products to feature Certified Refurbished products, not from its sellers but from brands like De'Longhi, Dirt Devil, Hoover, Makita, Philips and Razer, which will sell exclusively on the eBay platform. The reCommerce trend continues to gain momentum. eBay announced on Wednesday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

Amid a double-digit increase in digital sales and a focus on omnichannel efforts, Kohl’s Corporation beat analysts’ top-line revenue and earnings estimates for the fourth-quarter of 2018. Rewards and Millennials. The department store retailer reported revenues of $6.8 billion and earnings per share of $2.24 billion and $2.18

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

The funding will be used for growth initiatives, with an eye on millennials, and a launch of nine new localized sites across the U.S., TechCrunch reported that in just a few years after its 2015 founding as a direct-to-consumer women’s brand, NA-KD has said that it is among the most quoted brands on Instagram in Sweden and Germany.

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Millennials Branding Capital Report 134

PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2019

“We’re talking about tens of thousands of merchants who are really excited about the opportunity that Alipay provides them to tap into those wealthy and middle-class consumers, who are traveling to see the world and want to buy great brands from Europe,” said Roland Palmer, head of Europe for Alipay, according to CNBC.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

consumer seems happy to test the waters — and none more so than the coveted bridge millennials. According to PYMNTS survey data, nearly three times as many bridge millennials are Amazon Prime members as Walmart+ members. But three in 10 bridge millennials already report having both, just a month in. Those are the 47 million U.S.

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Millennials Retail Online Report 246

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The release goes on to say that the VoiceHub platform can create models either custom-branded or based on the most popular voice assistant platforms, which can make it flexible for everything from ultra-low-power, limited-resource wearables to more high-power functions.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2019

Do millennials cook? One study indicates that the answer is not really — millennials cook two fewer meals per week than their baby boomer counterparts and choose pre-packaged/pre-prepared foods 18 percent of the time, compared to 5 percent for baby boomers. The brand grew 11.6 But the data is a bit more complicated that this.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

This means that the share of consumers making purchases who do so via voice assistant is up 42 percent since 2018 and up 10 percent since 2019.”. percent of Generation Z consumers have bought new food and beverage brands during the pandemic … while 47.7 percent bought new retail product brands.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The no-interest, no-fee nature of these solutions intrigues consumers — especially the millennial and Generation Z demographics — searching for alternative payment methods that can grant them further flexibility and convenience while shopping. Around The Buy Now, Pay Later World.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Retail store chain Sears Holdings Company is extending its partnership with eCommerce giant Amazon to sell goods from the DieHard brand on the marketplace’s site. The millennial population is a target audience for Sears, and the company has been hopeful that the exposure through Amazon will help boost its sales.

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Millennials Branding Retail Report 109

PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2019

29) that it has inked a long-term partnership with Fanatics, the sports fan brand that makes team and player merchandise and operates NFLShop.com, NBAStore.com and MLBShop.com. And in 2018, the retailer added Moosejaw , the outdoor apparel company, to the roster of clothing sold on its website. Walmart announced Tuesday (Jan.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

While the media often portrays millennials as preoccupied with the rising prices of festival tickets and avocado toast, their real financial concerns are a bit more practical. But millennials face significant headwinds in making those financial dreams a reality. get the REPORT on next generation investors. From big banks to big tech.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2018

Driven by younger customers, such as millennials and teens, casual luxury is bolstering sales of luxury apparel, handbags and footwear. The really-growing brands now beating the market are the ones already hooking these teenagers,” Bain Partner Claudia D’Arpizio told CNBC.

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Millennials social media Branding Groups 100

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Here at PYMNTS our resident expert in thinking outside of the lines as laid out by conventional wisdom is Karen Webster — and summer 2018 has been a particularly good time for drawing long and unexpected lines way outside the box, and into a rapidly changing future. AKA thinking outside of the box.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Shoppers left approximately $34 billion worth of abandoned goods in their online carts in 2018 — the equivalent of 7 percent of all digital commerce conducted that year. Cost is a major concern for consumers, especially for millennials and members of Gen Z, who tend to view spending differently than older generations.

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Millennials Retail Mobile Online 130

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Robinhood , the investment app that upended its market by elimination of commissions on stock trades is bringing its brand of disruption to the United Kingdom. It chiefly attracts millennials interested in trading stocks and cryptocurrency. In the United States, by 2016, it grew to 1 million subscribers and 6 million by October 2018.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

As J.Crew seeks to keep up the momentum of its Madewell apparel business, among other priorities, the retailer is exploring an initial public offering (IPO) for the brand. The brand reportedly brings in under a quarter of the company’s revenue. The offering could happen in the back half of this year, CNBC reported.

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Millennials Branding Retail Report 108

PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2019

Earlier this week, Hong Kong-listed luxury cosmetics firm L’Occitane International SA announced its intended $900 million acquisition of British beauty and skincare brand Elemis. The deal is the latest in a spate of acquisitions of high-end skincare brands. billion), while Unilever snapped up Carver Korea Co. billion euros ($2.5

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Model and social media celebrity Chrissy Teigen is, in many ways, the perfect brand partner for Target, as evidenced by her recent review of her new kitchen and cookware lines. Unlike her competitor for the title of Generations X’s Martha Stewart, Gwyneth Paltrow, Teigen has built a brand around being accessibly aspirational.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2019

Most estimates for 2018 are around $900 million. These are particularly popular among Gen Zers, the up-and-coming generation that is starting to nudge millennials out of the headlines. Consumers are buying Tilly’s products online, as digital growth was up 22 percent in 2018.

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Retail America Video Millennials 166

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The brand has dubbed the recycled-luxe aesthetic “rawthentic modernity.”. According to NYU Stern’s Center for Sustainable Business , “50 percent of CPG growth from 2013 to 2018 came from sustainability-marketed products.”. percent of the market in 2018, up from 14.3 Recent data says he is. Of those, 12.4

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Millennials Miami Retail Marketing 152

PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2019

billion – of funds were lost to card fraud in 2018, up from $1.4 IC3 Chief Donna Gregory said in an announcement, according to reports , “The 2018 report shows how prevalent these crimes are. Smartphones contributed one trillion dollars to overall retail sales in the United States during 2018. Just under $3 billion – or $2.7

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Apple Mobile Fraud United States 159

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

What brand doesn’t want to sit next to Beyonce or Kim at a fashion show? “I It’s also typically fairly fast moving, but for Klarna it gets us close to great brands. We want those great brands to adopt Klarna.”. The brand will host a pop-up store where attendees can shop straight from the presentations on-site.

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Retail New York Branding Millennials 142

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The fourth quarter of 2018 was kind to Venmo and Zelle , the two big peer-to-peer (P2P) services that are battling for consumer loyalty and market supremacy — a fight that pits PayPal , the owner of Venmo, against the banks that operate Zelle. 31, 2018, with a year-end goal of 300 million.) P2P Numbers.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

No doubt millennials will be blamed for some of this, as they have been scapegoated for the decline of diamonds and certain fast-casual restaurant chains. As that reports notes, “Older generations’ basements and attics are full of boxes of ‘stuff’ that was collected in the past.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Last month, the financial institution (FI) announced it was expanding the Sapphire credit card brand into new areas of personal finance, including checking accounts. According to a company report, the Sapphire Reserve card is popular among millennials because of the generous rewards points, which cater to their desire to travel.

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Cards Millennials ATM Branding 123